Trade Ministers` Dialogue on Climate Change Issues
... It is, therefore, highly appropriate that also trade ministers should ask what role they might play in furthering efforts to address climate change. Addressing climate change means achieving a truly sustainable pattern of global economic growth. The urgency of the issues, the increased focus on clim ...
... It is, therefore, highly appropriate that also trade ministers should ask what role they might play in furthering efforts to address climate change. Addressing climate change means achieving a truly sustainable pattern of global economic growth. The urgency of the issues, the increased focus on clim ...
Presentation - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
... CBOs oriented on climate change and livelihood issues Necessary arrangements made to sustain CBOs Community Action initiated on climate change adaptation on HU level Learning from the project disseminated at local, national and global level ...
... CBOs oriented on climate change and livelihood issues Necessary arrangements made to sustain CBOs Community Action initiated on climate change adaptation on HU level Learning from the project disseminated at local, national and global level ...
Climate Conflicts: Extricating post-Kyoto Debates in Science and Policy
... George Deutsch, a recently appointed public affairs officer at NASA headquarters, rejected a request from a producer at National Public Radio to interview Dr. Hansen, said Leslie McCarthy, a public affairs officer responsible for the Goddard Institute. Citing handwritten notes taken during the conve ...
... George Deutsch, a recently appointed public affairs officer at NASA headquarters, rejected a request from a producer at National Public Radio to interview Dr. Hansen, said Leslie McCarthy, a public affairs officer responsible for the Goddard Institute. Citing handwritten notes taken during the conve ...
Vienna Convention / Montreal Protocol
... Savings from the New HCFC Adjustments (assumes freeze at previous base level of 2015) Savings by New Adjustment ...
... Savings from the New HCFC Adjustments (assumes freeze at previous base level of 2015) Savings by New Adjustment ...
global climate change triggered by global warming
... One example of catastrophic climate change – the Younger Dryas: What makes the well-studied period known as the “Younger Dryas” so disturbing is what it tells us about a sudden, devastating cold period that occurred after the Earth began to emerge from the last Ice Age. The Younger Dryas is a period ...
... One example of catastrophic climate change – the Younger Dryas: What makes the well-studied period known as the “Younger Dryas” so disturbing is what it tells us about a sudden, devastating cold period that occurred after the Earth began to emerge from the last Ice Age. The Younger Dryas is a period ...
Assessment of global warming on the island of Tenerife, Canary
... (Trenberth et al. 2007). However, this rise is not happening simultaneously in all places, it is more pronounced in the northern than the southern hemisphere (Jones 1994; Jones et al. 1982, 2011) and at the poles than in tropical regions (Root et al. 2003). Since 1979, the rate of increase in surfac ...
... (Trenberth et al. 2007). However, this rise is not happening simultaneously in all places, it is more pronounced in the northern than the southern hemisphere (Jones 1994; Jones et al. 1982, 2011) and at the poles than in tropical regions (Root et al. 2003). Since 1979, the rate of increase in surfac ...
global warming - Teachers TryScience
... degrees F (1.133 to 6.42 degrees C) over the next 100 years. Most of the leading scientific organizations in the world acknowledge the existence of global warming as fact, according to a NASA report. Furthermore, 97 percent of climate scientists agree that the rate of global warming trends the plane ...
... degrees F (1.133 to 6.42 degrees C) over the next 100 years. Most of the leading scientific organizations in the world acknowledge the existence of global warming as fact, according to a NASA report. Furthermore, 97 percent of climate scientists agree that the rate of global warming trends the plane ...
Climate Change: Law and Governance in South Africa
... About this Publication: There is increasing consensus that climate change is real and that its causes and impacts must be governed for the purpose of preserving the environment and life on earth. Climate change has many dimensions and root causes, several of which require concerted cross-border and ...
... About this Publication: There is increasing consensus that climate change is real and that its causes and impacts must be governed for the purpose of preserving the environment and life on earth. Climate change has many dimensions and root causes, several of which require concerted cross-border and ...
IPCC estimates for emissions from land
... emissions from deforestation go down percentage wise, since the anthropogenic emissions go so rapidly up (e.g. Raupach et al., 2007). Another trend which is visible from above table is the tendency of the deforestation rates to slightly slow down, which is also stated by IPCC (Fischlin et al, 2007, ...
... emissions from deforestation go down percentage wise, since the anthropogenic emissions go so rapidly up (e.g. Raupach et al., 2007). Another trend which is visible from above table is the tendency of the deforestation rates to slightly slow down, which is also stated by IPCC (Fischlin et al, 2007, ...
investor statement on climate change iigcc
... It is our view that governments should lead this response by creating a framework that provides incentives and investment certainty to companies and individuals. However, we recognise that investors have a critical role to play in addressing climate change. To be most effective, our response should ...
... It is our view that governments should lead this response by creating a framework that provides incentives and investment certainty to companies and individuals. However, we recognise that investors have a critical role to play in addressing climate change. To be most effective, our response should ...
Greenhouse Effect: Earth and Venus
... Greenhouse gases like CO2 play an important role in determining surface temperatures. Changes in greenhouse gases, thus can potentially increase or decrease surface temperatures. Therefore, the temperature of earth has more to do with the Earth’s atmosphere than how close the earth is to the s ...
... Greenhouse gases like CO2 play an important role in determining surface temperatures. Changes in greenhouse gases, thus can potentially increase or decrease surface temperatures. Therefore, the temperature of earth has more to do with the Earth’s atmosphere than how close the earth is to the s ...
UNFCCC COP21 Draft Concept Note Addressing Climate
... melting of ice caps and glaciers and reduced snow cover; and increases in ocean temperatures and ocean acidity – due to seawater absorbing heat and carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. As a result of global warming, incidences of extreme events such as tropical cyclones, floods, droughts and heavy pr ...
... melting of ice caps and glaciers and reduced snow cover; and increases in ocean temperatures and ocean acidity – due to seawater absorbing heat and carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. As a result of global warming, incidences of extreme events such as tropical cyclones, floods, droughts and heavy pr ...
The US climate reference network: a national automated baseline
... to minimize wind-induced undercatch. ...
... to minimize wind-induced undercatch. ...
Improving access to climate financing for the
... ton of CO2 equivalent, auctions of emission allowances and domestic carbon taxes in developed countries with up to 10 per cent of total revenues allocated for international climate action could potentially mobilise around US$30 billion annually.” ...
... ton of CO2 equivalent, auctions of emission allowances and domestic carbon taxes in developed countries with up to 10 per cent of total revenues allocated for international climate action could potentially mobilise around US$30 billion annually.” ...
Why Support the IPCC?
... The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the leading body for the assessment of climate change, established by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in 1988, with a mandate to “provide internationally coordinated scientific ass ...
... The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the leading body for the assessment of climate change, established by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in 1988, with a mandate to “provide internationally coordinated scientific ass ...
Environmental Challenges - Jefferey M. Sellers
... Today, global climate change confronts humanity with one of our gravest crises. Earlier civilizations have collapsed under the weight of much lesser environmental challenges. The contemporary challenges from climate change for policy and politics loom at every scale, from the global to the personal. ...
... Today, global climate change confronts humanity with one of our gravest crises. Earlier civilizations have collapsed under the weight of much lesser environmental challenges. The contemporary challenges from climate change for policy and politics loom at every scale, from the global to the personal. ...
Risk Analysis of Climate Change, and Potential SPS Contribution to
... outcomes, the costs and effects of different possible mitigating strategies, and comparing these with each other. The "Downside Risk", the worst foreseeable outcome from a particular threat, is a particularly important concept in policy-making, since it provides at least a rough estimate of the pote ...
... outcomes, the costs and effects of different possible mitigating strategies, and comparing these with each other. The "Downside Risk", the worst foreseeable outcome from a particular threat, is a particularly important concept in policy-making, since it provides at least a rough estimate of the pote ...
EAUC
... • What do we want to be able to do with the data? – Better understanding of the actual quantity and sources of emissions – Knowledge of targets relating to climate change and progress against these – Understand what projects are being undertaken and planned – Understand how the public sector is resp ...
... • What do we want to be able to do with the data? – Better understanding of the actual quantity and sources of emissions – Knowledge of targets relating to climate change and progress against these – Understand what projects are being undertaken and planned – Understand how the public sector is resp ...
used by Dr. Glantz on October 11
... • Adequate and reliable precipitation, temperature, seasonality, among other climate conditions make climate a resource for many countries • As a resource, it provides for adequate food production and water resources in a region • Experience from similar ecosystems of coping with climate conditions ...
... • Adequate and reliable precipitation, temperature, seasonality, among other climate conditions make climate a resource for many countries • As a resource, it provides for adequate food production and water resources in a region • Experience from similar ecosystems of coping with climate conditions ...
Revision through past questions
... Local scale responses (4 marks for each scheme) There have been a range of responses to climate change on a local level, such as the ‘live simply’ campaign. Choose one scheme that you have studied. Outline the main details of the scheme. (4) One mark per descriptive point. Credit explanations if giv ...
... Local scale responses (4 marks for each scheme) There have been a range of responses to climate change on a local level, such as the ‘live simply’ campaign. Choose one scheme that you have studied. Outline the main details of the scheme. (4) One mark per descriptive point. Credit explanations if giv ...
Air Quality and Climate overview for teachers
... Strong declines in ozone, but many cities still exceed 75 ppb Houston ...
... Strong declines in ozone, but many cities still exceed 75 ppb Houston ...
Regulatory Measures on Efficiency at IMO and UNFCCC International Chamber of Shipping
... International Labour Organization (ILO) United Nations European Union ...
... International Labour Organization (ILO) United Nations European Union ...
SECTION I - Introduction
... change as one of the highest environmental risks, higher even than toxics and pesticides. More recently, in January of 1999, the American Geophysical Union (AGU), one of our nation’s leading science professional societies, reaffirmed the findings of their previous assessments—that greenhouse gases a ...
... change as one of the highest environmental risks, higher even than toxics and pesticides. More recently, in January of 1999, the American Geophysical Union (AGU), one of our nation’s leading science professional societies, reaffirmed the findings of their previous assessments—that greenhouse gases a ...
International Institutional Responses to Climate Change in a Post
... following sources, designated in the class schedule with the icons listed ...
... following sources, designated in the class schedule with the icons listed ...
- CCCR - Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology
... • What will happen to the monsoon hydrological cycle 50-100 years from now under different scenarios? In particular, will the quantum of seasonal mean rainfall increase or decrease and if so by how much? • What is the uncertainty in these projections? Can we quantify this uncertainty? • How can we r ...
... • What will happen to the monsoon hydrological cycle 50-100 years from now under different scenarios? In particular, will the quantum of seasonal mean rainfall increase or decrease and if so by how much? • What is the uncertainty in these projections? Can we quantify this uncertainty? • How can we r ...
Global warming controversy
The global warming controversy concerns the public debate over whether global warming is occurring, how much has occurred in modern times, what has caused it, what its effects will be, whether any action should be taken to curb it, and if so what that action should be. In the scientific literature, there is a strong consensus that global surface temperatures have increased in recent decades and that the trend is caused primarily by human-induced emissions of greenhouse gases. No scientific body of national or international standing disagrees with this view, though a few organizations with members in extractive industries hold non-committal positions. Disputes over the key scientific facts of global warming are now more prevalent in the popular media than in the scientific literature, where such issues are treated as resolved, and more in the United States than globally.Political and popular debate concerning the existence and cause of climate change includes the reasons for the increase seen in the instrumental temperature record, whether the warming trend exceeds normal climatic variations, and whether human activities have contributed significantly to it. Scientists have resolved many of these questions decisively in favour of the view that the current warming trend exists and is ongoing, that human activity is the primary cause, and that it is without precedent in at least 2000 years. Disputes that also reflect scientific debate include estimates of how responsive the climate system might be to any given level of greenhouse gases (climate sensitivity), and what the consequences of global warming will be.Global warming remains an issue of widespread political debate, often split along party political lines, especially in the United States. Many of the largely settled scientific issues, such as the human responsibility for global warming, remain the subject of politically or economically motivated attempts to downplay, dismiss or deny them – an ideological phenomenon categorised by academics and scientists as climate change denial. The sources of funding for those involved with climate science – both supporting and opposing mainstream scientific positions – have been questioned by both sides. There are debates about the best policy responses to the science, their cost-effectiveness and their urgency. Climate scientists, especially in the United States, have reported official and oil-industry pressure to censor or suppress their work and hide scientific data, with directives not to discuss the subject in public communications. Legal cases regarding global warming, its effects, and measures to reduce it have reached American courts. The fossil fuels lobby and free market think tanks have often been identified as overtly or covertly supporting efforts to undermine or discredit the scientific consensus on global warming.